Department of Afro-American Studies

The Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison offers students an opportunity to study those aspects of black history, culture, and society in ideal interdisciplinary models that reconstruct Afro-American life. It challenges students to critically examine facts and issues that are historically and contemporaneously relevant to the Afro- American experience.

Approved by the Board of Regents in 1970, the Department of Afro-American Studies is an outgrowth of the student concern for relevance in higher education which was so dramatically evidenced on many college campuses during the late 1960's. Today, the department offers a wide variety of courses leading to both undergraduate and graduate degrees and is one of the most successful programs in the country.

Bachelor of Arts

Master of Arts

PhD Minor